Frames as a superclass of relations

J. Jonker; E. M. Ehlers

doi:10.1016/0020-0255(95)00046-R

Frames as a superclass of relations

J. Jonker, E. M. Ehlers

Academy of Computer Science and Software Engineering

University of Johannesburg

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The first part of this paper introduces the basic structure of frames and gives a formal definition of them. Subsequently the formal definition of frames is compared to the relational model. In the second part of this paper, the relationship between frames and relations is used to define normalization for frames, and to examine the application of relational algebra to frames. We conclude by examining the advantages of this approach, and finally, we introduce an alternative view of a frame-based expert system in terms of an extended relational database management system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	37-59
Number of pages	23
Journal	Information Sciences
Volume	86
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-0255(95)00046-R
Publication status	Published - Sept 1995

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Control and Systems Engineering
Theoretical Computer Science
Computer Science Applications
Information Systems and Management
Artificial Intelligence

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